Becoming Full of Goodness

It is important to continually try to become better, and follow Christ’s example. If we wish to be a godly person, we must choose to forsake evil and instead do that which is good and full of righteousness. It is the buildup of sin and temptation that causes us to fall further and further away from the Lord. I rely a lot on prayer and repentance to keep myself clean and to help resist temptation. I find that when I am consistently studying the scriptures it is easier to say no to the whispers of the adversary. I also think that the first and greatest commandment, to love, does much to keep us on the path to righteousness and become more like God.

"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."
(1 Timothy 6:10-11)

In these scriptures Paul is teaching Timothy about how to become a “man of God.” From this we can also learn how to better become a godly people and serve the Lord by our actions. The things of evil he uses as examples are temptation through money, envy, and lust which cause great sorrow for the soul. Paul exhorts his brother to “flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.” I feel like these are basic principles of goodness that help us to become more godly, and make up the kind of person that makes up will continuously forsake evil and improve. Though it may be easy to fall to temptation, we ought to spend time becoming a man or woman of God or else we will fall to temptation, be filled with sorrow from sin, and create distance between ourselves and God.